some of the recent claims that social optimum is not implementable and privatization is necessary. We also show that when … the private firm is foreign-owned, the government will adopt some privatization and will not implement the social optimum …

Considering a differentiated mixed duopoly we show that when privatization and pollution tax are used together … environmental damage will be non-monotone in the level of privatization, and optimal privatization is always partial privatization …. Whether privatization will improve the environment or not depends on the public firm's concern for environment. If the public …

) with the level of privatization, if the level of privatization is less (more) than certain level. It also shows that … partial privatization is optimal from the social welfare point of view. However, the social welfare maximizing level of … privatization damages the environment most. …

) with the level of privatization, if the level of privatization is less (more) than certain level. It also shows that … partial privatization is optimal from the social welfare point of view. However, the social welfare maximizing level of … privatization damages the environment most. …

We provide a simple theoretical model to explain the mechanism whereby privatization of international airports can … another equilibrium only if the degree of product differentiation is large. -- Airline ; airport ; privatization …

almost independent products or products that are close substitutes. Privatization of the public firm is socially beneficial …

increase, decrease, or remain unchanged with privatization, which depends on the level of the cost efficiency gap and the … taxation burden. However, it may be possible to raise welfare through privatization as long as the efficiency gain prevails or …

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of privatization in a mixed duopoly, where a private firm …). Furthermore, we analyze the effect of privatization on the timing of competition by endogenezing the determination of simultaneous … especially relevant for the analysis of privatization, given that results and policy prescription emerged in the literature …

We provide a simple theoretical model to explain the mechanism whereby privatization of international airports can …

privatization is desirable for local welfare upstream in (h), but it is not always desirable in (f). In both (h) and (f), it is …